Physicians' Practice Costs and Income Survey (P.P.C.I.S.) Personal Computer Database System, 1983-1985. User's Guide

摘要

The personal computer system is based on the data collected in the 1983-85 Physicians' Practice Costs and Income Survey, conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) for the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). The nationwide survey of 4,729 physicians included questions about practice costs, income, financial arrangements Medicare/Medicaid participation, allocation of time, and patient characteristics. The personal computer system includes dBASE III PLUS database files and a menu-driven program which allows the user to run analyses on the data. The three types of analysis available are: frequency analysis, crosstabulation, and statistical analysis. The accompanying documentation includes background information about the survey, installation instructions, a sample inquiry using the program, a list of the survey questions included in the system, and a description of the conversion of the data from mainframe to personal computer files. The system allows interested organizations and individuals easy access to this data, without the need to apply to HCFA for access to the original mainframe files.